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    Home » Recipes » Salads » Watermelon Goat Cheese Salad recipe

    LAST UPDATED: May 17, 2020 • FIRST PUBLISHED: July 29, 2011 By Toni Dash 16 Comments

    Watermelon Goat Cheese Salad recipe

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    A few weeks ago my friend Kate Armstrong, the Urban Forager, made a house call. We wanted to get together and she came to do a neighborhood walk to find and point out purslane and sorrel that had eluded us on our May Urban Foraging walk in Denver. It was very fun to have her personally scour my yard and giving me an excuse to let all my weeds go; after all they might be edible!

    I did learn that a big patch of something that looked purposeful in my raised vegetable bed was plantain, Kate’s favorite edible/medicinal (she actually plants it to get enough). She demonstrated the art of gently severing the vascular system of the leaves by gently snapping the stem and wiggling the leaf from stringy inner attachments rendering the leaves pliable and ready to be used for something like a wrap (as in food wrap). We found a tiny patch of sorrel in the corner of the lawn. Burgundy colored clover-like leaves produce a lemony tang great for salads. There were still tender dandelion greens and salsify root (but not the kind with the white flower whose root tastes like oysters). Love finding these tender, useful greens I’ve always looked at as the bane of my existence, now as the highlight of my salads.

    I’d put together an eclectic spread for a languishing lunch on the back deck. Majorcan Sobrasada sausage picked up in Santa Fe, Mangalitsa Lardo from Cure Organic Farms, Mead from local meadery Medovina, organic breakfast radishes, freshly picked strawberries, freshly home baked gluten free bread with hemp and chia seeds and a selection of gourmet mustards; all things I knew Kate would savor.

    I was going to throw together a simple salad with vinaigrette made from my home-fermented wine vinegar when Kate intervened. ‘Do you have watermelon?’ Yes. ‘Goat cheese?’ Yes, local chevre from Haystack Mountain Dairy. She tipped me off to her extended family’s favorite summer salad staple, thanks to her daughter Amy Pankenier. I threw pieced it together at her instruction and now it is MY favorite warm weather salad. Maybe it will become yours!

    watermelon goat cheese salad close up on a plate
    Fresh and clean, this salad has ample mouth watering flavors, is cooling and not heavy though filling.  In 100 years I would not have put goat cheese and watermelon together for anything other than execution of a dare. It’s fantastic.

    watermelon goat cheese salad single serving on a white plate

    Watermelon Goat Cheese Summer Salad | BoulderLocavore.com

    WATERMELON GOAT CHEESE SALAD

    This fresh summer salad is full of tangy, sweet ingredients and is so easy to make! It's a refreshing main or side dish recipe.
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    Course: Salad
    Cuisine: American
    Prep Time: 10 minutes
    Total Time: 10 minutes
    Servings: 4 main servings or 6-8 side servings
    Calories: 69kcal
    Author: Toni Dash
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    Ingredients

    • 8 cups Lettuce freshly washed, select a seasonal variety with some flavor if possible
    • 2-3 cups cubed seedless Watermelon
    • 1 ounce Goat cheese/chevre I used Haystack Mountain ‘Applewood Smoked goat cheese
    • 2-3 tablespoons Balsamic Vinegar

    Instructions

    • Put in a large tossing or serving bowl, lettuce, then watermelon then the goat cheese. 
    • Sprinkle with 2 tablespoons of the balsamic vinegar and toss.  Taste.  If desired add more balsamic vinegar to suit your taste.  Serve!

    Notes

    Note on Portions

    You can tailor the proportions of this to any serving size or volume.  This quantity makes a large bowl perfect for a main serving for 4 and generous side servings for 6-8.

    Nutrition

    Calories: 69kcal | Carbohydrates: 11g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 2g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 3mg | Sodium: 43mg | Potassium: 297mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 9g | Vitamin A: 1229IU | Vitamin C: 10mg | Calcium: 41mg | Iron: 1mg
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    ABOUT THE AUTHOR

    TONI DASH
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    Toni Dash, is a Certified Nutrition Coach and the writer/blogger, photographer, recipe developer and creator of Boulder Locavore®. She has been developing easy to make, well-tested recipes since 2010. Her seasonal recipes bring excitement to the dining table for both gluten-free and gluten diners. Toni has been featured in numerous publications and on culinary websites for her creative, delicious recipes and travel features. For more details, check out her About page.

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    1. Teresa says

      July 18, 2012 at 2:13 am

      5 stars
      Hey that was good, thanks!

      Reply
    2. Rebecca from Chow and Chatter says

      August 01, 2011 at 2:48 am

      wow love this salad and wow we could all learn so much from her

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    3. Jenny (VintageSugarcube) says

      July 31, 2011 at 3:41 pm

      What a fantastic salad idea. I would not have thought to combine the two, but I'm totally trying that one for the next potluck I attend. I think this will be a crowd wowzer!! Looks like your summer is going great. Love reading your stories. 🙂

      Reply
    4. SweetSavoryPlanet says

      July 31, 2011 at 8:49 pm

      This looks nice. I am such a watermelon and goat cheese fan.

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    5. la domestique says

      July 31, 2011 at 6:24 pm

      What a fun little backyard adventure! Love watermelon/goat cheese combo- tomato mixes in nicely too. Happy summer foraging!

      Reply
    6. Rita D K Simmons says

      July 30, 2011 at 8:14 pm

      Wow, that looks delicious, will have to try this soon,you've been buzzed!

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